涼州

See also: 凉州

Chinese

		cool; cold	province; prefecture; state province; prefecture; state; county
trad. (涼州)		涼	州
simp. (凉州)		凉	州

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liángzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liángzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liángjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Liang²-chou¹
    • Yale: Lyáng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liangjou
    • Palladius: Лянчжоу (Ljančžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ zau¹
    • Yale: lèuhng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljang tsyuw

Rime
Character	涼	州
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	呂章切	職流切
Baxter	ljang	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáng	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng4	zau1

Proper noun

涼州

1. (historical) Liang Province, Liangzhou (a province in ancient China)
2. (～區) Liangzhou (a district of Wuwei, Gansu, China)

Derived terms

• 西涼州／西凉州

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (涼州):

• → Japanese: 涼州(りょうしゅう) (Ryōshū)
• → Korean: 양주(涼州) (Yangju)